Gravity scar over Japan EU–(ENEWSPF)–3 December 2013. ESA’s GOCE satellite has revealed that the devastating Japanese earthquake of 2011 left its mark in Earth’s gravity – yet another example of this extraordinary mission surpassing its original scope. GOCE mapped Earth’s gravity with unrivalled precision for over four years, but nobody[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Statement by Representative Jan Schakowsky in Opposition to the Illinois Pension Proposal
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013 – Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement yesterday on the Illinois pension proposal: “Members of the Illinois General Assembly have been presented with an unfair pension proposal that places an enormous financial burden on those who did everything right – the public employees who served[Read More…]
Aldridge Electric Cited by US Labor Department’s OSHA After Heat-related Death of Worker in Chicago
Employee became ill on his first day on the job CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2013. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Aldridge Electric Inc. for one serious safety violation following the June 25 death of a 36-year-old worker who developed heat stroke at a job site[Read More…]
Duke Energy Coal Ash Pollution Deforms Fish in Sutton Lake (NC)
Utility Should Take Immediate Action to Stop Toxic Pollution WILMINGTON, NC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013. Duke Energy’s coal ash pollution is killing over 900,000 fish and deforming thousands more each year in Sutton Lake near Wilmington, N.C., according to a new study conducted by Dr. Dennis Lemly, Research Associate Professor of Biology[Read More…]
Representative Gutierrez: House Judiciary Committee is ‘Bloviating, Not Legislating’
“Here in the Judiciary Committee we are running out the clock on 2013 and trying to score cheap political points.” Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 3, 2013. Today, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on “The President’s Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws” (live webcast), but has not acted in[Read More…]
Guantanamo: America’s $5 Billion Folly
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013. As we continue a period of fiscal austerity in Washington, the Center for American Progress released an analysis of Guantanamo Bay showing that Congress has chosen to waste nearly $1.5 billion on the prison in just the past three years, even though the U.S. military and intelligence community[Read More…]
House Renewal of Undetectable Firearms Act Fails to Address New Technologies
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013. Today, the U.S. House of Representatives is poised to vote on a bill to reauthorize the Undetectable Firearms Act for a period of 10 years. Under the House bill, however, it is legal to manufacture plastic guns as long as the weapon contains a piece of[Read More…]
Start of EU Moratorium on Neonicotinoids Puts Focus on US EPA Inaction
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013. On Sunday, December 1, 2013 the European Union (EU) took critical steps to protect pollinators from the hazards associated with the use of neonicotinoid pesticides. Despite attempts by agrichemical corporations, including Bayer, and Syngenta, to delay or reverse the decision, the two-year, continent-wide ban on bee-harming[Read More…]
Obama Administration Expands Better Buildings Challenge to Multifamily Housing, Launches New Programs to Boost U.S. Energy Efficiency
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013. Building on $2 billion in financing commitments from the private sector for energy efficiency updates to commercial buildings under the President’s Better Buildings Challenge, the U.S. Departments of Energy and Housing and Urban Development today expanded the Challenge to multifamily housing such as apartments and condominiums and[Read More…]
EPA and DOE Release Annual Fuel Economy Guide with 2014 Models
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) are releasing the 2014 Fuel Economy Guide, providing consumers with a valuable resource to identify and choose the most fuel efficient and low greenhouse gas emitting vehicles that meet their needs. The 2014 models include[Read More…]
